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Ezekiel 44:9

This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

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ASV

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַר֮'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →
כָּל־kol-anyH3605 →
בֶּן־ben-son ofH1121 →
נֵכָ֗רne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
עֶ֤רֶל'E.reluncircumcised ofH6189 →
לֵב֙levheartH3820 →
וְעֶ֣רֶלve.'E.reland uncircumcised ofH6189 →
בָּשָׂ֔רba.SarfleshH1320 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יָב֖וֹאya.Vo'he will goH935 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
מִקְדָּשִׁ֑יmik.da.Shisanctuary myH4720 →
לְכָל־le.kholto everyH3605 →
בֶּן־ben-son ofH1121 →
נֵכָ֔רne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
אֲשֶׁ֕ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּת֖וֹךְbe.Tokh[is] in amongH8432 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.Zechariah 14:21Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.Ezekiel 44:7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.John 3:3–5Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.Psalms 93:5Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?Titus 1:5–9The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,Exodus 12:48If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.Ezekiel 28:10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 32:25Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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